Amblyptila cynanchi

Amblyptila cynanchi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Amblyptila cynanchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Amblyptila
Species:
A. cynanchi
Binomial name
Amblyptila cynanchi
VĂ¡ri, 1961[1]

The larvae feed on Cynanchum ellipticum and Cynanchum obtusifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent, whitish blotch-mine.

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